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S D R A H O R A U m d 0 M o m REGISTERING SAVINGS BANK.

No. 527,290. Patented Oct. 9, 1894.

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0. A. RICHARDS. REGISTERING SAVINGS BANK.

Patented Oct. 9

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CHARLES A. RICHARDS, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOBENJAMIN F. FOX, OF SAME PLACE.

REGISTERHNG SAVINGS-BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,290, dated October9, 1894.

Application filed March 1, 1894. Serial No. 501,953. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Reading, county of Berks, State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Registering Savings-Banks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved automaticregistering savings bank which will be simple in construction and easyand positive in operation. It is fully described in connection with theaccompanying drawings and is specifically pointed out in the claims.

Figure l is a face view of the operative parts of my device the outlinesof the box in which they are contained and the windows WV through whichthe proper figures of the dials are seen being indicated in dottedlines. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 3, a rear View, and Fig.A a top view. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views of the three slidesemployed in the construction shown in the principal figures, and Fig. 8shows the slide operating arm E separately in two views.

A represents the main plate to which the several partsare connected.

B is a guide way on the plate along which the coin drops from theadmission slot in the top of the box to the position indicated by dottedlines.

0 is the operating lever by the pressing down of which the coin isadmitted to the box and the proper registration is automaticallyefiected. The lever O is pivoted at a point 0 to the plate A and has oneend extended through the side of the box and the other end which isslotted as shown at c, loosely connected to an arm E. This arm ispivoted at its upper end to a post a on which it is free to movevertically to the extent of the slot e; and its lower end is formed witha heel c which is moved laterally in the opening a in the plate A so asto engage either one of the dial operating plates L, M, N on the back,as will be described later.

The movement of the arm Eboth laterally and vertically is controlled bya regulating bar F which moves transversely on the plate A guided bypins or posts which fit loosely in slots f and f. This bar is normallypressed toward the end of the coin guide-way by a spring P so as toprevent the passage of any coin except by operating the lever O. Thelatter is provided with a finger D, the end d 5: of which bears upon thecoin as the lever is depressed and forces it past the end f of the bar Ewhich is moved outward a distance determined by the diameter of thecoin. The first efiect of this movement of the bar and the only effectof the smallest coin for which the machine is adapted is to allow theshoulder or stop 6 on the arm E to be raised above the bar F by thecontinued downward movement of the lever. A larger coin will move thebar F until the shoulder f on the bar F comes in contact with the arm Eand swings it on the pivot a thus moving the heel e outward from theposition shown in Fig. 1 where it is shown normally held by the actionof a spring R.

The dial operating slides, of which there are three, L, M, and N in theconstruction shown, are similar in general shape and are supported onebeside the other on posts a and a which engage the guide slots Z, m, andn of the slides. They are each provided with a dial operating armlettered respectively Z m and n projecting transversely at differentheights to suit the position of the dial plates G, H, J. These dialplates are in front of the plate A and are fixed to arbors which passthrough the latter and are provided at the rear of said plate withwheels G, H, and J respectively. These wheels in the preferredconstruction shown have each ten equally spaced pins 9, h, and jprojecting from their outer faces and arranged to be caught by pawls L,M and N suspended from the different slide arms so that the upwardmovement of any one of the latter shall rotate the corresponding wheelone-tenth of a turn.

The wheel G is provided with two teeth g which arealso arranged toengage the pins 72. of the adjacent wheel H so as to move the latterone-tenth of a turn twice for each revolution of the wheel G. In likemanner the wheel H is provided with five teeth h which engage the pins jof the next wheel J so as to move the latter one-tenth of a turn five100 times for each revolution of the wheel H. A fourth wheel K withcorresponding dial K is operated from the wheel J, being moved one tenthof a turn for each revolution of the Wheel J. The dial plate G has twoseries of figures to indicate pennies up to four, being arranged totransfer them to the five cent dial H. The latter is figured with fivesand intervening blanks, transferring to the dime dial J, which latter isarranged on line with and transfers to the dollar dial K. Each of theslides is slotted so as to permit the movement of either of the otherswithout being itself raised.

hen the heel e of the arm E is lifted by the depression of the operatinglever from the position shown in Fig. 1, it engages the shoulder n ofthe slide N and raises the latter thus moving the dime dial platedirect. When it is moved laterally a short distance it engages theshoulder Z of the slide L and raises the latter thus registering of thepenny dial plate, and when moved still farther it raises the slide M andregisters direct on the five cent dial-plate II, these differentmovements being determined as already stated by the diameters of thedifferent coins introduced. The coins, after passing the end of theregulating bar drop through an opening a in the plate A and are conveyedby a chute to the rear of a partition t in the inclosing box or case.

Provision is made in the described machine for registering pennies, fivecent pieces, and dimes but of course it may be readily arranged toregister additional coins if desired. The details of construction andarrangement may also be considerably modified in other respects withoutdeparting from myinvention and I do not therefore desire to limit myselfto the exact construction shown, but

What I claim is- 1. In a registering savings bank the combination withone or more dial operating slides of an operating lever therefor and anarm E and regulating bar F adapted to operate substantially as setforth.

2. In a registering savings bank the combination with one or more dialoperating slides of an operating lever therefor, an arm E a regulatingbar F and a fingerD on said lever arranged to force the coin past theregulating bar, substantially as set forth.

3. In a registering savings bank the combination with a series of two ormore dial operating slides, of an operating lever, a pivoted arm Eloosely connected thereto and adapted to engage one or other of saidslides, and a regulating bar F arranged to control the movement of .saidarm, substantially as set forth.

I. In a registering savings bank the combination with a series of two ormore dial operating slides, of an operating lever having an end slot 0,an arm E engaging said slotted lever and capable of both a vertical andtransverse movement, and a regulating bar F arranged to move the sameinto engagement with one or other of said slides, substantially as setforth.

5. In a registering savings bank the combination with a series of two ormore dial-operating slides and a single lever arranged to operate eitherone of said slides separately, of a corresponding series of dials havingwheels at the rear thereof arranged in gear as described an arm on eachof said slides adapted to rotate one of said toothed wheels and anadditional dial arranged in gear with the last of said series, allsubstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. RICHARDS.

lVitnesses:

F. PIERCE HUMMEL, W. G. STEWART.

